Hello all,
I will be applying to Law school this fall/spring to begin fall 2005. Initially I really wanted to go to the U.S., but then realized I cannot afford US$30’000 per year, and getting into serious debt would further aggravate my depression.
Anyway, I’m hunting around Europe, and found some cool programs in France and Germany. The problem is, I DO NOT SPEAK GERMAN! (French and English are both my mother tongues, and I am fluent in Spanish).
Application to German universities begin in Spring.
The point is I need a realistic answer to the following question: is it possible to learn (enough) German in 6 months at the rate of about 3-4hrs per day, with maybe a one month language course somewhere in Germany? I should add that I am already quite used to the sound of the language, as most of my friends, and my girlfriend, are German-speakers.
I’ll take advantage to introduce myself, as I’ve been hanging around your website for the past few weeks. I’m Canadian, but live in Geneva, Switzerland, where I completed a undergrad in political science and economics, and now work here in a law firm whose list of clients include the Tobacco industry, the Russian mafia, money launderers, and weapon smugglers (no kidding).
I have no idea why I studied political science and economics, my real interests being European history, as well as the history and philosophy of sciences. I Should have done physics, but I was too much of a wuss to admit it to myself. My interest in Latin is also “de longue date”, although I only started learning it (O’Dodge) about four months ago, with the specific Idea of reading the “scientific” texts of the late middle ages and the renaissance. This is how I found textkit.
Anyway, I appreciate yr advice, valuable since it seems everybody here has a hobby of learning every conceivable language, both ancient and modern.
Why law, you might ask? Actually, I am not interested in being a lawyer (except mavbe at the International Criminal Court), but it seems I could get some fun jobs afterwards. Am I fooling myself?
jc
